Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Atlanta, GA

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. Members meet regularly to help each other stay clean via a program of complete abstinence from all drugs.

This free program, founded in the 1950s, now has over 70,000 meetings worldwide. Meetings provide a safe, supportive environment for members to share their experiences and challenges. There are several NA meetings held regularly across Atlanta and Fulton County.

First Baptist Church

• Address: 3083 N Druid Hills Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30329
• Meeting Times: Mondays at 7:30 PM (open discussion meeting)

Trinity United Methodist Church

• Address: 265 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
• Meeting Times: Wednesdays at 8 PM (literature study)

Central Presbyterian Church

• Address: 201 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
• Meeting Times: Fridays at 6 PM (open speaker meeting)

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a recovery fellowship that follows a set of guiding principles known as the 12 Steps. Here is a brief overview of each step:

1. We admitted we were powerless over addiction – that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all the people we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, we promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

The 12 steps aim to motivate members to take responsibility for their addiction, lead a more ethical life, make amends for past misdeeds, and help others in their recovery. The program has helped many in the Atlanta, Fulton, and Georgia areas achieve sobriety.

Getting Started with NA in Atlanta

Use the meeting search on methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in your area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

There are two main types of NA meetings in Atlanta:

When attending your first local NA meeting:

• Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable

Receive welcome keychain tags at your first meeting, marking periods of sobriety:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year

The most important things are to be open-minded, listen to others, and determine if the NA program is right for you. NA relies on the therapeutic value of one addict helping another. Members provide non-professional, peer-to-peer support to help each other achieve and maintain recovery from drug addiction.